In its more than 75 years, the NBA has experienced great final series that deserve to be highlighted.
The NBA 2023 is in full swing among the finalists Denver Nuggets y Miami Heat. The first seek their first ringwhile the seconds will try to stay with the fourth ring of its history.
The Nuggets and the Heat will seek to put on a show at the level of the great NBA finals, which you can follow live on Star+.
Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Bam Adebayo y Jimmy Butler They will try to write their name next to figures like Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Magic Johnson y Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in championship series games.
In the meantime, check out the 5 best Finals series in NBA history.
The 5 most memorable finals in NBA history
With the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat to define who will be the new nba championthe championship of basket has had great finals throughout its history. Next, a review of 5 memorable endings.
NBA 2016: Golden State Warriors 3-4 Cleveland Cavaliers
Los Cleveland Cavaliers signed in 2016 the greatest comeback in history in an NBA final series. with series 1-3 down for those from Florida, against the team that had just signed the best campaign ever in regular season (73 wins y 9 defeats), managed to reverse the result.
with an amazing Kyrie Irving y LeBron James, the Clevelands achieved a historic comeback. It was even the first time from 1978 in which champion was crowned in a seventh game away.
James led the Cavaliers to his nba ring with numbers that remained in the history of the final series of the NBA: 29.7 points, 11.2 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 2.5 robberies y 2.2 rebounds.
NBA 2013: Miami Heat 4-3 San Antonio Spurs
One of the final series most remembered by fans. On one side, the Heat of Big Three -formed by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade y Chris Bosh—, and the Spurs of Gregg Popovich, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and the Argentine Emanuel Ginobili.
A tremendous sixth game. The Spurs had the ring in their pocket, but a free kick missed by Ginobili in the absence of 37 seconds He brought the Heat to life. LeBron hit a triple on the counter and Kawhi Leonard he missed a field goal worth the championship.
With the result 92-95James missed his three-pointer, San Antonio couldn’t get hold of the rebound, Bosh opened the game on the wing and Ray Allen tied the game at 95 lack of five seconds for the end. In overtime the Heat took the game and then took the game. seventh gamewhere LeBron converted 37 points and kept the title that season.
NBA 1997: Chicago Bulls 4-2 Utah Jazz
Some anthology finals. The Bulls of Michael Jordan They must have given more than they thought. Jordan gave the lead in the first game with a game-winning shot over Byron Russell. But the most remembered game of this final series was the quinto in Salt Lake City.
the series was 2-2 and Michael Jordan had one of the best games of his life. The game is remembered as “The Flu Game” (Jordan’s game), because he played the game with 40 degree fever.
His level was not the best because the flu was playing a trick on him. The Jazz took advantage of this and managed to take a lead of 16 points in the first quarter. Jordan began to raise his level, with 17 points in the second room; to end the game with 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists y 3 robberies.
NBA 1998: Utah Jazz 2-4 Chicago Bulls
Again fate crossed the Bulls already the Jazz, who were seeking revenge for the previous season’s downfall. This time, Utah started as a favorite, but Jordan He wasn’t going to let his final season with the Bulls end with anything but a new ring.
In it sixth gamethe Jazz were up on the scoreboard by 86-83 lack of 41 seconds. At that moment, Michael Jordan appeared to shatter the illusions of the fans who packed the stadium in Salt Lake City.
First, a basket by Jordan put things down a point for the Bulls. Immediately, Jordan anticipated a pass from John Stockton a Karl Malone and, in the absence of five seconds to goattacked the basket, stopped abruptly before the mark of Byron Russell and hit the shot for him 87-86 final, and a new —and last— NBA ring with the Chicago Bulls.
NBA 1980: Los Angeles Lakers 4 – 2 Philadelphia 76ers
This was the first season in which the use of the three point line. And it was also the first Earving Magic Johnson in los angeles lakersone of the best players in the entire history of basketball, who joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (together they transformed a good team into a mega winning one).
The first three games were for the LA Lakers. However, games 4 and 5 had the 76ers as winners, taking advantage of Abdul-Jabbar’s injury to one of his knees, which deprived him of being part of the sixth game, where there was a turn by the coach of the Lakers, Paul Westhead.
In Game 6, played in Philadelphia, the coach decided that Abdul-Jabbar’s replacement would be Magic Johnson. As starting center he was dispatched in that meeting with 42 points, 15 rebounds y 7 assists.
These numbers led Johnson to become the first rookie in history to win the NBA Finals MVP awardachieving it with just 20 years. Years later, he entered the NBA Hall of Fame.
2023-06-12 19:02:44
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